Well, I just hate to spoil all the summer suspense, but here’s the 49ers’ 53-man roster projection: QB (2): Colin Kaepernick, Blaine Gabbert Cut: Dylan Thompson Thompson, a rookie free agent, is obviously a strong candidate for the practice squad given the skimpy depth chart at this position. The 49ers didn’t use one of their …

Last week’s announcement that the San Francisco 49ers had secured the $1 billion in financing for a new stadium was widely interpreted as marking their move to Santa Clara as a done deal. It is not. While there is no question that the football team is … …

Andy Lee once pictured himself flinging fastballs, not launching punts. Lee was a standout pitcher and center fielder at West-Oak High in Westminster, S.C. – a major-league scout once clocked his fastball at 91 mph – and hoped to play baseball in colle… …

With four regular-season games remaining, there is still time for Alex Smith and Braylon Edwards to get on the same page. But they’d better hurry, if Smith’s slow-to-develop chemistry with wideout Michael Crabtree provides an accurate parallel. …

The 49ers sit in a luxurious position right now, division winners with four games remaining, two of them against junior-varsity teams.
Jim Harbaugh has yet to evoke a new gremlin, a December version of Freddie P. Soft, that his team must ward off in t… …

On Monday, a day after becoming the franchise’s all-time rushing leader, 49ers running back Frank Gore said he wasn’t sure if he would receive a game ball for his performance in a 26-0 win over the Rams.
A few hours later, head coach Jim Harbaugh shed … …

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee on Monday acknowledged that there’s very little time left on the clock to persuade the 49ers to stay in the city – and that Santa Clara is all but assured a win in the battle to claim the team after it announced last week it … …

Jim Harbaugh says backup inside linebacker Larry Grant has a “high level of contact courage.”
What does that mean? Ask Rams running back Steven Jackson.
On the last play of the third quarter in Sunday’s 26-0 win over St. Louis, Grant left a lasting imp… …

Your typical Bay Area football Sunday has the 49ers or Raiders with a 10 a.m. kickoff and the other team starting at 1:05 or 1:15 p.m.
This Sunday will not be typical.
A week ago, the NFL switched the kickoff of the Raiders-Packers game from 10 a.m. PS… …

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
And who knows that better than Alex Smith?
On the day the 49ers’ quarterback secured a playoff berth for the first time in his seven-season, 66-game career, he threw deep, and he threw deep and, at long la… …